Say hello to KFC's creepy new colonel

KFC has hired Golden Globe Award-winning actor George Hamilton to play Colonel Sanders in their new TV ads for Extra Crispy Chicken in the US.

He's the fourth Colonel since the character was revived in marketing last year; the first two were Darrell Hammond and Norm MacDonald.

According to press releases, Jim Gaffigan, the current Colonel, will continue playing the role in Original Recipe chicken ads.

So basically it looks as if they're planning on having different Colonels for different types of chicken. What a time to be alive.

The problem with Crispy Colonel is he looks a bit like someone who will wear tight white pants and bother you when you're on holidays. Someone who smells strongly of Brut cologne and will say outrageously sexist things, then tell you you're "up tight" when you call him out on it.